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The official release date for How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is three weeks from tomorrow, but a couple of new reviews have been posted, one linkable, the other not so much. The linkable one is from one of our contest winners, Eric Goebelbecker, at Dog Spelled Forward (an excellent name for a dog…
Let's Play a Game, Part 2: Game Trees and Totally Finite Games « Intrinsically Knotted Classifying games based on possible moves and winning strategies. (tags: math science academia games) ...yet I'll hammer it out The Mentally Scarring Public Service Announcement Tournament. With YouTube links…
KR Blog » The Wilderness of Memory "[Chabon asks] a valid question, but I can't escape the feeling that it reflects a particularly American idealization of childhood. Growing up slowly is a privilege of wealth, and few children throughout human history have enjoyed a childhood without the…
Cocktail Party Physics: they do it with mirrors What's up with those "It's the mirrors" commercials for DLP. Still no explanation of the elephant. (tags: physics industry science materials gadgets) A.C.C. Teams Thinking About the Final Four Already - New York Times Let's not get ahead of…